Getting Latitude and Longitude from Google Places search api using Javascript

Question

How do I get the longitude and latitude from the searched location with the google maps place search box api.

Im using the same code as the google demo - https://de

Answer 1

From the docs:

// Autocomplete Options
var defaultBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
var options = {
  types: ['(cities)'],
  bounds: defaultBounds
};

// get DOM's input element
var input = document.getElementById('location_address');

// Make Autocomplete instance
var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input, options);

// Listener for whenever input value changes            
autocomplete.addListener('place_changed', function() {

  // Get place info
  var place = autocomplete.getPlace();

  // Do whatever with the value!
  console.log(place.geometry.location.lat());
});